Chu Fei connected remotely with Jiang Hong. Remote communication came with delays.
The straight-line distance from Ascending Dragon Hall headquarters to Zhao State was 620,000 kilometers. Even photons would run their legs off and still fail to arrive within two seconds.
As for Quantum Communication—sorry, it was too expensive. Did they think running a household came without knowing the cost of rice, oil, and salt?
Ascending Dragon Hall's resources had always been tight. Nearly all resources had been poured into survival. Surviving in the cracks was never easy.
In fact, electromagnetic communication within the continent was already enough to crush all other communication methods. Being better than others was enough.
True Quantum Communication was used for military and research purposes, among others—and even then, it had to be kept secret. Any secret that could be preserved a little longer should be preserved.
At present, every exchange between Chu Fei and Jiang Hong came with a delay of roughly three seconds, which happened to give both of them time to think.
Through their conversation, Chu Fei keenly noticed that Jiang Hong seemed deeply worried.
"Right now, Ascending Dragon Hall has to fight, whether we want to or not!" Jiang Hong's expression was grave. "The four surrounding powers are constantly squeezing our living space. We can't retreat any further.
"Do you remember when I said that one reason we have no 20.0-level experts is that we lack fortune? This is the result of those four surrounding powers compressing our living space."
Chu Fei understood. "But Big Data Cultivation doesn't need that, does it?"
"In theory, Big Data Cultivation truly does not require it. But there are problems with our current cultivation techniques and the like, so we have no choice but to borrow fortune to break through.
"Although borrowing fortune for a